{"id":8567,"date":"2014-09-03T07:38:38","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T11:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=8567"},"modified":"2015-11-08T21:48:06","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T02:48:06","slug":"dralms-release-debut-7-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=8567","title":{"rendered":"Dralms release debut 7&#8243; single &#8216;Crushed Pleats&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vancouver-based quartet,\u00a0Dralms, have digitally released their\u00a0debut\u00a07&#8243; single, <em>Crushed Pleats<\/em>, on Fat Possum in\u00a0the U.S. (Boompa Canada\/Full Time Hobby UK) &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001uiWGQvcln7GSd32Ou6FJWtBhSuC_G7Yqh9_JeIKulJoo9McyH5mnzY2Nga_fNkLctZF-xUff3XTYNRIgpvzBPKxKIxWKCDCf-S8XaaoDOy8aWHjaXINFMZiiPx3yweU1mIV4qISPivTI9n-oeNDRUnf1-7ZEHWJIFaVBP8PSwRt4bsO1ci0BbesgG3_RnziyeYf2g723Qa4=&amp;c=hDew_yqYbbCRQV6el2gERF1_s0BPlXfUA0z_iJ3UcoFb4G7L30U_Hw==&amp;ch=ht8jy_dRc1LuIaklf5wQlgmdZZ84DkzUD_OiFzw4mU7F4HRUCGdW2g==\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">purchase here<\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\">.\u00a0The physical 7&#8243; will arrive in the U.S. on September 16 (September 22 in Canada &amp; UK). Stream <em>Crushed Pleats<\/em> via\u00a0Soundcloud\u00a0below, which is lifted from the 7&#8243;.<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F149744424&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=b6afac\"><\/iframe>\n<p><code>\u00a0<\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: black;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dralms-cover.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8575\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dralms-cover.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"dralms cover\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dralms-cover.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dralms-cover.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dralms-cover.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dralms is the latest\u00a0project by Christopher Smith, featuring long time collaborators Shaunn Thomas\u00a0Watt (Siskiyou), Will Kendrick (Failing)\u00a0and Peter Carruthers\u00a0(Siskiyou). \u00a0With Dralms, Smith\u00a0departs from his minimal and subdued\u00a0musical constructions of his solo albums to a much more\u00a0complex, heavier\u00a0sound. Also contributing to the Dralms&#8217; sound is\u00a0producer and electronic artist Andy Dixon (Secret Mommy, Caving), with whom\u00a0Smith\u00a0had previously trusted with a remix of\u00a0Earning Keep&#8217;s <em>Pillars and\u00a0Pyre<\/em>. The extra clicks, echo and\u00a0ambiance layered onto the songs by the\u00a0producer came late in the game, after being recorded by\u00a0John Raham of\u00a0Vancouver&#8217;s Afterlife Studios, where the band is currently working on their debut full-length.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Vancouver-based quartet,\u00a0Dralms, have digitally released their\u00a0debut\u00a07&#8243; single, Crushed Pleats, on Fat Possum in\u00a0the U.S. (Boompa Canada\/Full Time Hobby UK) &#8211;\u00a0purchase here.\u00a0The physical 7&#8243; will arrive <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=8567\" title=\"Dralms release debut 7&#8243; single &#8216;Crushed Pleats&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[23,28,30,39],"tags":[56,2390,2389,1275],"class_list":["post-8567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","category-vinyl","tag-56","tag-crushed-pleats","tag-dralms","tag-vancouver"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dralms-press-shot.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-2eb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15137,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=15137","url_meta":{"origin":8567,"position":0},"title":"Dralms premieres video for &#8216;Shook&#8217; 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